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Monday, March 14, 2005
If you get to change two laws in science, which will they be? Get it right, and you won’t have to study anymore for an entire lifetime.
Before we get to that, the context must come first. Ask yourself these questions:
Why do you study? You study so you can get good grades. Why do you need good grades? So you can get a good job. Why do you need a good job? So you can make money. Why do you need money? So you can buy food.
Change the Law Of Energy Conservation. The law states that energy cannot be created, and it cannot be destroyed. It also states that energy can change its form. But what if energy cannot change its form? Then the chemical energy in your body will remain eternally without the need for replenishment. That means you won’t need food. So you won’t need money to buy food. So you won’t need a job to get money. So you won’t need good grades to get a job. And so you won’t have to study to get good grades. Brilliant?
Not quite yet. There is still a matter of material necessities, such as clothing and shelter. Here is where the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics come in. The law states that when any object is left alone, it will convert into a more chaotic form of energy by itself. Over a long period of time, all of it will soon be converted into the most chaotic form of energy – heat. That is why things wear out. Try putting anything, say a car or t-shirt out in the sun. Just leave it alone. It will slowly wear itself out and “disintegrate” over a period of time.
Imagine if the 2nd law of thermodynamics isn’t true. And things just remain as they are without changing into a more chaotic form of energy. That means all your material necessities will never spoil. Your clothes, your shoes, your vehicles, your house, everything. They will remain in the same functional state eternally. So you won’t need the money to buy your material needs. Follow the argument flow used in the Law of Energy Conservation. No need material neccessities = no need money = no need job = no need grades = no need to study.
If those 2 laws are changed, what are the implications on the world? The rich will no longer monopolize everything. Money will lose its power. The world will live in an atmosphere of “sharing”, because hoarding commodities will have no meaning. People will see no loss in working for the poor, the orphan, and the homeless. Because they no longer need to work for themselves. Instead, people will start to see purpose in volunteerism, because they will have nothing better to do to cope with restlessness. This may in turn, lead to world peace.
Or at worse, because of complacency, people may adopt a global, laid-back hippie culture. But what’s the harm of that? Bring ‘em back – flower power!
No you know what to do if a fairy gives you 3 wishes. Wish for those two laws to be changed, and you’ll still have one wish for yourself.
Don’t tell me. I already know I’m good. I'm a geeeeenius!
Before we get to that, the context must come first. Ask yourself these questions:
Why do you study? You study so you can get good grades. Why do you need good grades? So you can get a good job. Why do you need a good job? So you can make money. Why do you need money? So you can buy food.
Change the Law Of Energy Conservation. The law states that energy cannot be created, and it cannot be destroyed. It also states that energy can change its form. But what if energy cannot change its form? Then the chemical energy in your body will remain eternally without the need for replenishment. That means you won’t need food. So you won’t need money to buy food. So you won’t need a job to get money. So you won’t need good grades to get a job. And so you won’t have to study to get good grades. Brilliant?
Not quite yet. There is still a matter of material necessities, such as clothing and shelter. Here is where the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics come in. The law states that when any object is left alone, it will convert into a more chaotic form of energy by itself. Over a long period of time, all of it will soon be converted into the most chaotic form of energy – heat. That is why things wear out. Try putting anything, say a car or t-shirt out in the sun. Just leave it alone. It will slowly wear itself out and “disintegrate” over a period of time.
Imagine if the 2nd law of thermodynamics isn’t true. And things just remain as they are without changing into a more chaotic form of energy. That means all your material necessities will never spoil. Your clothes, your shoes, your vehicles, your house, everything. They will remain in the same functional state eternally. So you won’t need the money to buy your material needs. Follow the argument flow used in the Law of Energy Conservation. No need material neccessities = no need money = no need job = no need grades = no need to study.
If those 2 laws are changed, what are the implications on the world? The rich will no longer monopolize everything. Money will lose its power. The world will live in an atmosphere of “sharing”, because hoarding commodities will have no meaning. People will see no loss in working for the poor, the orphan, and the homeless. Because they no longer need to work for themselves. Instead, people will start to see purpose in volunteerism, because they will have nothing better to do to cope with restlessness. This may in turn, lead to world peace.
Or at worse, because of complacency, people may adopt a global, laid-back hippie culture. But what’s the harm of that? Bring ‘em back – flower power!
No you know what to do if a fairy gives you 3 wishes. Wish for those two laws to be changed, and you’ll still have one wish for yourself.
Don’t tell me. I already know I’m good. I'm a geeeeenius!
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